In Doctors We Trust A recent survey by The American College of Surgeons reveals: “While surgical patients spend an average of just one hour researching their surgical procedure or their surgeon, they spend significantly more time researching any of the following: Changing jobs (10 hours) Buying/leasing a new car (8 hours) Buying a big ticket...
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NOW HEAR THIS! President-elect Obama has picked former Senator Tom Daschle as the new head of Health & Human Services. Daschle has put out a call for town-hall type meetings across the country to hear from anyone and everyone who may have ideas to help solve the health crisis in America. From the Obama Change.gov...
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The GIFT of Health This is the time of year many people make resolutions and set goals for the coming year. Improved health is often at the top of the list. Gym memberships routinely soar and diets change this time of year with the best of intentions. But by March, most of those memberships are...
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Is HEALTH Medically Necessary? CIGNA HealthCare: Definition of Medical Necessity for Physicians: “Medically Necessary or Medical Necessity shall mean health care services that a Physician, exercising prudent clinical judgment, would provide to a patient for the purpose of evaluating, diagnosing or treating an illness, injury, disease or its symptoms.” Ergo, health is not medically necessary...
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ARE YOU WAITING FOR THE BAILOUT? This financial meltdown we are in is no surprise. Yet, most of us, including many financial ‘experts’ and politicians, say they never saw it coming. Who could ever have predicted that giving a $ 720,000 mortgage loan to a California field worker earning $14,000/year would be problematic? Multiply that...
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This is an interesting and revealing article I found on Yahoo. Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost. “About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling...
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I recently read, A Charter for Compassion, on David Elpern’s, MD wonderful blog, Cell 2 Soul. “The Charter seeks to remind the world that while all faiths are not the same, they all share the core principle of compassion and the Golden Rule.” Based on my life experiences and interactions, I believe in a rule...
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Holy J.U.P.I.T.E.R. Batman! Last week the results of a “landmark” drug study ‘that could dramatically change the treatment of cardiovascular disease’ were broadcast to the world. The study called JUPITER (Justification for the Use of Statins in Primary Prevention; an Intervention Trial Evaluation Rosuvastatin (Crestor) claims ‘new data showing that the treatment of apparently healthy...
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“Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.” President-Elect Barack Obama (Note: link “Today” to youtube to hear: will.i.am It’s a New Day)
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Eight years ago a wedge of hate and anger was driven into the heart of America. In the ensuing years it spread like a cancer and we spiraled downward, losing our way, our vision and our hope. And, we came perilously close to losing our democracy. Today, that reign of terror has ended. We have...
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-Ray
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